An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.14.16. There is a use-after-free in net/sctp/socket.c for a held lock after a peel off, aka CID-a0ff660058b8.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-001455 advisory.

    An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.14.16. There is a use-after-free in net/sctp/socket.c     for a held lock after a peel off, aka CID-a0ff660058b8.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-003087 advisory.

    An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.14.16. There is a use-after-free in net/sctp/socket.c     for a held lock after a peel off, aka CID-a0ff660058b8.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-003539 advisory.

    An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.14.16. There is a use-after-free in net/sctp/socket.c     for a held lock after a peel off, aka CID-a0ff660058b8.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.14.16. There is a use-after-free in net/sctp/socket.c     for a held lock after a peel off, aka CID-a0ff660058b8. (CVE-2018-25015)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
291149	Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-001455)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	high
287120	Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-003087)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	high
286289	Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-003539)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	high
245503	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-25015	Nessus	Misc.	high

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CVE-2018-25015

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